Archive for the 'Animals' Category

Colo, the first gorilla to be born in captivity, was born at the Columbus, Ohio zoo. Rejected at birth by her mother, zookeepers had to hand-raise Colo much like a human child, by dressing her in clothes and giving her bottle of formula. At the age of two years old,she was introduced to a 19-month-old male from Africa called Bongo. The couple had three offspring, the first on February 1, 1968, Emmy, a female, Oscar, born July 18, 1969, and Toni, on December 28, 1971.

Colo is now the oldest living gorilla in captivity, following the death of 55-year- old Jenny in September 2008.

French actress Brigitte Bardot, one of the best known sex symbols of the
1950s and ’60s, starred in a number of films. She was nominated for a
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in the 1965 film Viva
Maria! She studied ballet for three years at the Conservatoire de Paris, in
hopes of becoming a professional. Bardot established the Brigitte Bardot
Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals after her retirement
in 1973.

"The Lassie Show" debuted on ABC radio. It was a 15-minute weekly program that aired until 1950. The series was an anthology and had no recurring human characters. Lassie actually barked and whined on cue for the series, but animal imitator Earl Keen did growls and other sounds, as well as the sounds of other animals. The series was sponsored by Red Heart dog food.

Packy was born April 14, 1962. He’s an Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo, Portland Zoological Gardens at the time, in Portland, Oregon. Packy is famous for having been the first elephant born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years. Currently, he is the oldest male Asian elephant in North America.